2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Competition:	2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Amsterdam
Competitors:	30
Nations:	21
Win Value:	10.90
Gold:	Dafne Schippers
Silver:	Ivet Lalova-Collio
Bronze:	Mujinga Kambundji
Gold Nation:	NED
Silver Nation:	BUL
Bronze Nation:	SUI
Previous:	2014
Next:	2018

The women's 100 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record		10.49^[2]	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
European record		10.73^[3]	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
Championship record		10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
World Leading		10.70^[4]	Kingston, Jamaica	1 July 2016
European Leading		10.83^[5]	Doha, Qatar	6 May 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 July 2016	12:45	Round 1
8 July 2016	19:15	Semifinals
8 July 2016	21:45	Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.^[6]

Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	1			11.23	Q
2	1	6			11.36	Q
2	1	4			11.36	Q, SB
4	2	4			11.37	Q
5	1	3			11.39	Q
6	3	2			11.40	Q
7	2	8			11.41	Q
8	3	8			11.44	Q
9	3	3			11.45	Q
9	1	8			11.45	q, PB
11	1	7			11.55	q
11	1	2			11.55	q
13	2	5			11.57	Q
14	3	5			11.61	Q
15	2	2			11.64	Q
15	3	7			11.64
17	3	6			11.66	SB
18	2	7			11.71
19	2	3			11.73
20	3	4			11.77
21	2	6			11.89
22	1	5			11.90

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[7]

Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: 0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	5	Dafne Schippers		10.96	Q
2	3	4	Desiree Henry		11.09	Q
3	3	7	Mujinga Kambundji		11.23	Q
4	2	5	Ivet Lalova-Collio		11.26	Q
5	2	4	Tatjana Pinto		11.27	Q
6	2	6	Nataliya Pohrebnyak		11.27	q
7	3	5	Floriane Gnafoua		11.32	q
8	3	6			11.35
9	1	6	Asha Philip		11.37	Q
10	3	9			11.44
10	3	8			11.44
12	1	7			11.46
13	2	8			11.48
14	1	9			11.55
15	1	8			11.55
16	2	7			11.57
17	2	9			11.62
17	1	3			11.62
17	3	3			11.62
20	2	3			11.65
21	2	2			11.68
22	3	2			11.78
23	1	2			11.85
	1	4	Stella Akakpo			R162.7^[8]

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[9]

Final

Wind: -0.2 m/s^[10]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	7			10.90
	6			11.20
	4			11.25
4	9			11.27
5	2			11.28
6	8			11.33
7	3			11.36
	5			DNF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme - European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 2016-06-30 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
3. Web site: European Outdoor Records Men . 2016-06-30 . .
4. Web site: 2016 Top List . 2016-07-06 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
5. Web site: European Top 30 2016 . 2016-06-30 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819194232/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/xml/euroranking.php?Season=2016&Indoor=0&Gender=w&Event=40&List=senior . 2016-08-19 . dead .
6. Web site: Heats results . 2016-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909104047/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW001900_C74A.pdf . 2018-09-09 . dead .
7. Web site: Semifinals results . 2016-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180924033213/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW001200_C74A.pdf . 2018-09-24 . dead .
8. False start
9. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/93/97/ECH2016-SprintEvents-ListofqualifiedathletesinSF_Neutral.pdf List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
10. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW001101_C73A.pdf Final results